Cameea attachment



Apr. 17, 1923.

A. PAYN E CAMERA ATTACHMENT Filed March 5, 1920 INVENTOR. Ariwf ayrazq.

, ATTORNEY Patented Am. 17 1923.

V UNITED STATES J PATENT OFFICE.

' ABLIE PAYNE, OF PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS.

CAMERA ATTACHMENT.

Application filed March 5,

To all when it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anne PAYNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Par-1 gould, in the bounty of Greene and State of Arkansas have invented eertain new and useful Improvements in Camera Aittitliments, of which the i'ollowing is a speeiliew tion.

This invention relates to n raniera attach merit and more spreitieally to a new and improved multiplying attaohment adapted for use in (:(nmet'tion with hox or folding cameras whet-eh a plnralit t ol' exposures may he taken on one plat-ta i no of the objects ol' my invention there fore resides in a novel arrangement oi swingin doors or shutters for enposin; to \iew ditl'erent sections of a sensitive plate and menus for operating said doors inde pendently oi vaeh other wherein one; two. three or four exposures may he produced in eooperatiou with a View tinder, it heing: un derstood that the objects to he photographmlwill be disposed in Slit'il relatire positions as to eont'orm to that portion of the camera through whit-h light is to he admitted.

Another and Yer) important ohjeet ot' in invention resides in the novel arrangement, and operation oi a plurality of independently operable doors tor the :lhore purpose (-apahle oi 'ilse n ronnertion with the oominrrriul rnn era. without inateriaitv reroustrueting or a'earrangiug its arts.

'ith lli'fi\\ li ii('ifi in riew and others whil'h will humanit es! and suggested as the nature and pinzpose of my invention are rerealed in the i'oiiowing: speriiiration and drawing wherein l hare shown a prartiral. yet preferred embod ment thereof.

in the drawin;:2

Figure i is a rear elevation partly in see tion. showing the doors or shutters applied to n hon camera.

Figure .3 is a side view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a seetion taken on line 5-4), Figure l, with the lower shutters open.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view partly in section, showing the door or shutter and its operating means 1920. Serial No. 363,582.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5*5, Figure 4.

Figure ti u side \iew, partly in section,

:| hearin element.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein like retort-me eharaeters denote corre spondin; parts throughout the several views. l and 2 denote the sides of an ordinary camera hod and arranged within the latter is a frame eompiising a top bar 3, side bars 4. 5. and a bottom bar (3.

An attachment in uerordanee with this in rention. is supported by the sides 1, 2, and the hars of said frame and such attachment mmprise :1 pair of upper shafts 7, 8, and a pair of lower shafts J. 10. Each of the said shafts is polyinal in rontour. The shafts 7. oppose e-n i other and are arranged in lengthwise ilii; 'tlillt1lt and are positioned near the top of the raniera body at the rear thereof. The sha l'ts $3 ill. oppose each other and are positioned in ieiu thwise alignment and are z'rrrangerl at the hottom of the earnera innit at the rear thereof. The inner end of (itl'il oi the shafts is reduced to provide a iourual ll.

Sm-nred to the top her 23. hy the hold-fast deriw l2. and further depending: from said top hai 5. i an upper hearing 13 for the iourmls H. formed on the inn r ends of the shafts T. h.

etired to [hr hottom irar h. lJ the hold fast derive l and projeeting upwardly from Hilhi har it is a hottorn hearing 17' for th journals ii. at the Inner ends of the iltli ii 9 Mill i The outer end of earl oi the shafts 7. i 9 and W. is formed with a redur-ed poly onal extvns on It), more rlearly shown in Fig ure -l and whieh is employed for mnplin l the shaft with an aetuatin means therefor.

The side l of the t-aniera hody. near the top thereof. is tormed with a erliudrieai opening l7. and is also provided near its hottoin with cylindrirt-il openin; 18. The side 2 of the ramera body is forme. with a evl'ndrieal opening 19. and near its bottom with 11 ovhndriral opening 20. Mounted in the openings 17. i8, i9 tmd 20. are cylindritill cal bearing sleeves 21, 2 3, .333, 24 respectively, wh ch project inwardly with r spect to the sides of the camera body and rarh of which has its outer end provided with a tiain c :25 hearing against the onti-r tatot a she of the camera body and fixcdlv secured to the side. through the medium oi hold-fast devices 26.

The actuating or opening means for each of the shafts, consists ol'a cylindrical member 27, which is mounted in a lJtttIiDg SlUQVe, which projects inwardly as well as outwardly from the sleeve and which has its inner end provided with a polygonal shaped socket 28, corrcspondalg in contour to the reduced end 16. The inner end of the methber 27 is provided with a collar "29 which is interposed between the enlarged portion of the shaft and the inner end of the bearing sleeve which is clearly shown in Figure l. The outer end of the member 27 has secured thereto a handle-piecc 59 For the purpose of shifting the shaft wh n desired. The extensions 16 are mounted in the sockets 28.

Secured to the shaft T and depending therefron'i is a door or shiii'rw ll Secured to the shaft 8 and depcn'flina' herctrorn is a door or shutter 11). Secured to the shaft 9 and extending u 'iwardly therefrom is a door or shutter 33, and secured to the shaft 10 and extending upwardly therefrom is a door or shutter 31. llach ol the doors 31, 232, 33 and 34, is rectangular in rontour and is secured to one of th side tart-s ot' a shaft, by the hold-fast devices lit, The inner longitudinal edges of the doors Ill, 32. are arranged in close prox iziity to ea h other, and the inner longitudinal edges of the doors 33, 34 are arranged in close roximityto each other. The bottom edges of the doors ll, 32, are arranged in close proximity to the upper edges of the doors 32*. 34. n

to provide a clearance for the upper bearing 13, the doors 3]. 32, are cut away at one corner thereof, as indicated at, 36, and to provide a clearan e for the lower hearing 15, the doors 33, 34, are cut away at one corne as at 3T.

Bearing against each the shafts, so as to prevent the accidental shialingz thereof. is an elongated flat spring. The springs for the shalts 7 and 9 are ilidit'ated at ill-l, 39 respectively, and ar se ured by the holdfast devices 40 to the side bar l-. The springs for the shafts 8 and 11'! are indicated at 41, 42 respectively and are secured to the side bar 5 by the lio d -i' ast devices 43. The springs normally hear against one of the sides of the shafts. Th springs 3% and 41 extend above the haft and h, and the springs 39 and 4&2 depend below the shafts 9 and 10. The springs before stated act to prevent the acihiental shil'ting of the hafts and further art to nolintain tindoors or slinttm's in closed po tion.

From the foregoing construction, it is apparent that by shifting any one or all of the handle members 30, the respective doors or shutters will be opened "anddiflerent exposures had on the sensitive plate or lilm 44.

It will be understood of course, that the doors or shutters are operated in conjunction with a view finder, not shown, of any suitable construction when the object is focused in any-portion thereof and when the object is focused the pi? er door or doors will necessarily be opene i 1 1 'Having shown and described my invcn tion, what I claim as new'and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A multiplying attachment for cameras comp-rising an upper pair of lengthwise ali ning shafts, one independently operable wit h respect to the other, a lower pair of lengthwise aligning shafts, one independently 0 erable with respecb'tc the other, each 0 said shafts consisting of a polygonal shaped body portion and inner and outer cylindrical terminals, an upper bearing member adapted to be cured to the upper end of the camera body and having mounted therein the opposed inner terminals of the upper ainof shafts, a lower bearing member adapted to be secured to the rear end of the camera body and having mounted therein the opposed inner terminals of the lower pair of shafts, a shutter secured to one of the sides of the body portion of each of said shafts and having one corner thereof cut awa to provide a clearance for a bearing member. bearing elements adapted to be arranged: in the sides of the camera body and each havin; an outer end terminal of a shaft journali-d therein, flat holding springs adapted to be secured within the camera body and ea'ch bearing against the polygonal body portion of a shaft, and means connected to the mitt-r terminals of said shaft for manually, opcrating them. i

i 2. The combination with a camera body of a, plurality of independently operable shafts extending transversely thereof and each having a polygonal shape body portion formed with an inner and outer cylindri cal terminal, bearings secured within said camera body for the said inner terminals, bearings secured at the sides of said camera body at said outer terminals, a shutter secured atone end to one of the flat faces of the body portion of each of said shafts, a holdin spring for each shaft, said s rings secur to and within the camera bOt y and each bearing a ainst the polygonal body portion of the s aft to hold the latter, said shutters cut away to provide clearances for the bearin of the inner terminals of the shafts, an means for manually operating each of the shafts.

3. .flie combination with a. camera body of a plurality of independent! operable end to one of the flat faces of the body pp!- shafts extending transversely t ereof and tion of each of said shafts, a holdin sprln 10 each havin a polygonal-shaped body por- 'fur each shaft, said springs secure to an tion former with an inner and an outer cywithin the camera body and each bearing 5 lindrical terminal, hearings within said cam against the polygonal-shaped body portion erakbpdy for said inner terminals, bearings of the shaft to hold the latter, and means for secured to the sides of the camera body for manually operating each of the shafts. said outer terminals, a shutter secured at one ARLIE PAYNE. 

